Horseshoe



(No Model.)

` E. 8v P. MALONEY.

HORSESHOB.

No. 428,117. Patented May 20, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

EDVARD MALONEY AND PETER lWIALONEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,11*?, dated May 20,1890. Application filed September 13, 1889. Serial No. 323,845. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern..-

Be it known that we, EDWARD MALONEY and PETER MALONEY, citizens of theUnited States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of' SanFrancisco and State 0f California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Horseshoes; and we do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in' the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inhorseshoes of that class which are provided with lneans for preventingthem from being caught in the slots of the cable roads; and it has forits'object to provide an improved shoe of this kind, which shall be moredurable and efficient for the purpose.

The invention consists in the peculiarities of construction of the shoe,all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and thenparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of ourimproved shoe from the under side. Fig. 2 is a section through the sameon the line a: of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the shoe, which ismade of the usual material and shape and of suitable size. It may or maynot be provided with the usual heel-calks and with theupwardly-projecting flanges c, for a purpose well understood.

B is the toe-calk, which is secured to or formed integral with the shoein any wellknown manner.

The novelty in our construction resides in the projection C, whichextends at an angle, preferably a right angle, to the toe-calk, asshown, and is designed for the purpose of preventing the calk frombecoming caught in the slot of the cable roads, and thus saving thebreaking of the horses legs, which is Very liable to occur by thecatching of the shoe in the slot.` This projection, extending at anangle to the toe-calk, will serve effectually to prevent the calk fromgetting into the slot, and the calk will prevent the projection fromcatching in the slot when the horse is travcling, so that the projectionwould be in line with the slot. This addition adds practically nothingto the cost of the shoe nor to its weight, and in practice has beenfound to serve its purpose most satisfactorily. This proj ection extendsinward toward the center of the shoe, and may be formed integral withthe calk or separate therefrom and attached either to the calk or to theshoe in the position shown.

Ve are aware that it is not new to provide a horseshoe with means forpreventing the same from becoming caught in the slot of a /cable road,and do not seek to cover such construction broadly, but restrictourselves to our particular construction, wherein the projection at thetoe extends in the direction `of the length of the shoe and is integralwith the toe-calk.

We are also aware that a horseshoe has been devised in which there was atransverse piece at the toe and a substantially semicircular pieceextending outward or toward the toe of the shoe, and do not seek tocover such construction. IVe deem it important that the projection Cextend rearward toward the heel of the shoe, as shown, whereby it isimpossible for the projection to become caught in the slot of a cableroad.

Vhat is claimed as new is l. A horseshoe having its toe-calks providedWith a projection extending at an angle thereto in the direction of thelength of the shoe and extending toward the heel of the shoe upon theunder side thereof, substantially as shown and described.

2. A horseshoe having its toe-calk provided with a projection extendinginward in the direction of the length of the shoe at a right angle tothe toe-calk and extending in the space embraced by the body of theshoe, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A horseshoe provided with a toe-calk having formed integral therewitha projection C, extending inward at right angles to IOO the enik, saidcull: and projection being in In testimony whereof Weaiiixouisignaturesthe forni of the letter T upon sharp angles, in presence of twoWitnesses.

the longitudinal part of the T being upon VEDVARD MALONEY. the inside ofthe transverse portion and ex- PETER MALONEY.

5 tending toward the heel of the shoe, substnn- Witnesses:

tinliy as shown and described, and for the GEO. T. KNOX,

purpose specified. H. J. LANG.

